THE breakfast planned by former Springbok captain Joost van der Westhuizen to "expose the real truth about Kamp Staaldraad" (Camp Steelwire) has been called off, it was announced on Tuesday.

Van der Westhuizen met with SA Rugby acting managing director Songezo Nayo in Johannesburg and issued a joint statement afterwards that the breakfast had been called off pending the completion of an internal investigation by SA Rugby into the pre-World Cup boot camp for the national rugby team.

Afterwards Van der Westhuizen told PA International that he would "wait and see" what transpired, but had been promised that "the truth will come out".

Van der Westhuizen said: "They explained that Sarfu executive member Koos Basson was already far into his investigation into the matter, and that the matter would not lie down.

"They also promised that the truth about the camp will come out. That is all we wanted in the end. The breakfast was to make the players image more positive after all the negativity surrounding the camp."

Pictures of naked Springboks in a pit were shown across the world after they were forced to sit exhausted and listen to the New Zealand haka and English anthems together.

While Straeuli put this down to team-building at the time, the outrage in South Africa about the humiliating nature of the photographs eventually played a major part in his resignation a few weeks later.

The meeting was held in good spirits, according to the Sarfu statement.

"Nayo said that he had explained to van der Westhuizen that Sarfu had appointed Executive Committee member, Koos Basson, to gather information on all aspects relating to "Kamp Staaldraad" to allow Sarfu to put the matter to rest.

"He added that he had given Van der Westhuizen an assurance that this process was well underway and should be completed shortly.

"On the basis of this assurance, Van der Westhuizen confirmed that he would call off the planned breakfast function," the statement said.

"Van der Westhuizen raised the concern that the "Kamp Staaldraad" matter had not been put to rest yet.

"It was explained to him that Sarfu was in the process of closing this chapter of South African rugby. Van der Westhuizen and Nayo agreed that it was in the interests of South African rugby that the planned breakfast did not go ahead."

The former Bok scrum-half said he was willing to wait and see if the promises were fulfilled, and was willing to give Sarfu a chance to ensure that the objectives of the breakfast were not swept under the carpet.

Meanwhile, the statement added that former Springbok coach Straeuli has informed Sarfu that he was not involved in the planning of the event.

He told Sarfu that he had been invited to speak at the event. Straeuli also told Sarfu that he did not stand to gain financially from the proposed event.